docs: def get_canonical_absolute_expanded_path(path):
      """Get the canonical form of the absolute path from a possibly relative path
      (which may have symlinks, etc.)"""
      return os.path.normcase(
                 os.path.normpath(
                     os.path.realpath( # remove any symbolic links
                         os.path.abspath( # may not be needed with realpath, to be safe
                             os.path.expanduser(path)))))